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The popular legend on the etymology of hot dog holds that a cartoonist named T.A. Tad Dorgan attended a polo match in New York in 1901 where vendors roamed the aisles imploring patrons to get your red-hot dachshund sausages.. Enchanted, Dorgan drew a smiling dachshund nestled in a long bun, but couldn't spell dachshund, so he captioned it hot dog! and thus the food got its name.
Whether you call them hot dogs, red hots, wieners, franks or frankfurters, you obviously appreciate the genius of a sausage served in a bun. Although the history of sausage goes back a long way, there is no certain etymology of the name hot dog.. Two prominent theories offer some insight into the evolution of this quintessentially American street food, though.